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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Rusty-bellied Shortwing Gedu, Bhutan May 2026 This is only the second time I have seen this species, the first being in Darjeeling 25 years ago. I spent an afternoon and a morning enjoying multiple singing birds along the roadside. #bhutanwildlife #shortwingwildlife #shortwing

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

One final dawn bird survey. Hopefully soon I can sleep

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A cheeky Water Rail in a ditch at Thorpe Marshes NWT, Norwich 09.04.26

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Orange Tip male Ashwellthorpe Woods, Norfolk 12.04.26 #bugsky #norfolkwildlife #butterfly

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Purple Sandpiper, Sea Palling 210126 Always happy to meet this chap, nice and close too #NorfolkBirding #UKbirding

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Plenty of Redwings around Norwich today. I found these feeding on ivy berries in a hedge near Arminghall.

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

A New Year gift - Rough-legged Buzzard along the back lanes en route to the Norfolk coast, near Gresham village. Initially hovering close overhead, drifted down into a field by the time I could safely stop. Sat for a while before departing westward. No sexy pictures. #norfolkbirding

Rough-legged Buzzard sat in a Norfolk field

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

European Hornet Vespa crabro Norwich 020925 Chewing on a rotting log down by the River Yare Not often I get a chance to get a photo of one of these #entemology #bugsky #norwichwildlife #vespa

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Willow Emerald, Norwich 020925 Always nice to see the dainty chaps down on the patch #bugsky #odonata #entemology

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

2/2 Zitting Cisticolas Clearly juveniles present with prominent pink bill bases/gapes, short tails, streaky crowns, also the presumed male (dull crown) coming with a mouthful of insects. Later 4 birds seen flying through the reeds, with 5 suspected, as reported later. Alas no photo #UKBirding

Sole Bay, Zitting Cisticola family nearby!

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Decided a return visit to Walberswick was needed to improve on views of the Zitting Cisticola and try to get sound recordings. After finally getting a perched view, decided to hang on for more... I didn't expect to get three together in my scope! Two rounds of views, now up to four birds! #UKBirding

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Eurasian Skylark _ Alauda arvensis An unexpected guest in my car while I was sitting in it! Escaping being eaten by a pursuing Merlin, once I had moved aside he flew out and went straight into a vigorous ascending songflight. The Merlin had to find its dinner elsewhere

Distant phonescoped record shot of the Merlin

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Little Gull at Whitlingham Great Broad this morning. One of three, near-adult plumage. #norfolkbirding #norwichwildlife #gulls #migrants

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

From my recent trip to Japan Steller's Sea Eagle Rausu, Hokkaido. March 2025 #japanwildlife #hokkaidonature #rausu

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume Kadogawa, Miyazaki 270225 What a lovely little bird 😁 #japanwildlife #seabirds

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Glaucous-winged Gull Rausu, Hokkaido 020325 #gulls #japan

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel. Petaurista leucogenys. Karuizawa 20.02.25 Only my second-ever sighting. I noticed a good-looking natural tree hole, gave it a scratch, and out popped this beauty!

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Sri Lanka Tree Nymph Idea jasonia The male doing a nuptial dance over a female. This went on for many minutes, but I missed the magic moment! #entemology #butterflies #srilanka #srilankawildlife #idea

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Leopard, Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka 25.11.24 Very much against the run of play, lucky to see two sibling Leopards at Wilpattu during a week of never-ending rain and dark skies #mammals #mammalwatching #srilanka

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Golden Jackal family, Siguriya, Sri Lanka 30.11.24 #mammals #srilanka

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

December full moon and mackerel skies. Norwich 14.12.24

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Filling my new timeline with pretty things, here's one of my fave pics from this year. Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on Blue Globe Thistle

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Happy to witness a bit of Larid/afterbirth carnage in the Grey Seal colony at Winterton. Nice to find so many Great Black-backed Gulls, plus this huge juvenile Herring Gull that was kicking off #NorfolkBirding

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Nice views of Black-throated Diver feeding inshore at Winterton, seems quite happy sharing the sea with innumerable Grey Seals #NorfolkBirding

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Disappointed Turnstone. A similar reaction to Kallø Corn cakes as the one I had! 😕

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

On the topic of #BirdingGear, I recently acquired this handy item. Useful for static work like seawatching and VP surveys, easily detachable, I think it is marketed primarily for prams and pushchairs!

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Lesser Yellowlegs actively feeding on a pool at Buckenham marshes, Norfolk 26.10.24. Phone-scoped video.

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Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Blue bird for my first post on Bluesky. Common Kingfisher at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB, phone-scoped on a dim and overcast afternoon

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